As a long-time truck guy, I fell into that trap as a sort of default to convention. When you hang around motorcyclists long enough, and when the job calls for transporting multiple bikes at a time, you get a truck. The two go hand in hand.
When changing configurations on the rack system- like going from hauling 2 bikes to 3 bikes, you need to take apart the system to slide the appropriate chocks and tie down points on...